2012 S.League

The 2012 S.League was the 17th season of the S-League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It is known as the Great Eastern-Yeo's S.League for sponsorship reasons.

S. League
Season2012
ChampionsTampines Rovers
4th S.League title
AFC Cup
  • Tampines Rovers
    (S.League winners)
  • Singapore Armed Forces
    (Singapore Cup winners)
Matches played156
Goals scored424 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer Frédéric Mendy (20)
Biggest home winSingapore Armed Forces 6-1 Gombak United
(22 October 2012)
Biggest away winGeylang United 1-7 Home United
(11 March 2012)
Highest scoringHome United 7-3 Geylang United
(18 July 2012)
← 2011
2013 →

Tampines Rovers won their fourth title, finishing top of a 13-team league.

Teams

Etoile FC withdrew their participation in the league to concentrate on grassroots football and youth development. DPMM FC have re-entered the league, coming back since they were suspended by FIFA in the 2009 campaign. Harimau Muda of Malaysia have also entered the fray.[1]

Location of teams in 2012 S.League
Young
Lions
Geylang Utd
Home Utd
Hougang Utd
SAFFC
Woodlands Wellington
Location of teams in 2012 S.League (Singapore teams)
Team Coach Stadium Capacity Location
Albirex Niigata (S) Koichi SugiyamaJurong East Stadium 2,700Jurong East
Balestier Khalsa Darren StewartToa Payoh Stadium 3,900Toa Payoh
DPMM FC Vjeran SimunićHassanal Bolkiah National Stadium 30,000Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Geylang UnitedV. KanakarajanBedok Stadium 3,900Bedok
Gombak UnitedK. BalagumaranJurong West Stadium 3,200Jurong West
Harimau Muda Ong Kim SweeYishun Stadium 3,400Yishun
Home United Lee Lim-SaengBishan Stadium 4,100Bishan
Hougang United Nenad BacinaHougang Stadium 2,500Hougang
Singapore Armed ForcesRichard BokChoa Chu Kang Stadium 4,600Choa Chu Kang
Tampines RoversTay Peng KeeClementi Stadium 4,000Clementi
Tanjong Pagar UnitedTerry PathmanathanQueenstown Stadium 3,800Queenstown
Woodlands WellingtonSalim MoinWoodlands Stadium 4,300Woodlands
Young LionsRobin ChitrakarJalan Besar Stadium 8,000Kallang

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by
Geylang United Mike Wong Moved to Prime League squad[2] V. Kanakarajan
Tampines Rovers Steven Tan Moved to Prime League squad Tay Peng Kee

Stadium changes
  • Tampines Rovers moved into the Clementi Stadium due to the early commencement of the Tampines Sports Hub project which makes the Tampines Stadium unusable.[3]
  • With Tampines moving into the Clementi Stadium, Tanjong Pagar United are moving out and back to the Queenstown Stadium which they previously vacated back in 2004. Queenstown Stadium was last used by Etoile FC.

Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former Player
Balestier Khalsa Park Kang-jin Goran Šubara Paul Cunningham Zdravko Dragićević Jang Jo-yoon
DPMM FC Patrick da Silva Tales dos Santos Ivan Jerković Osman Bashiru Rodrigo Gral
Geylang United Mun Seung-man Stefan Milojević Jozef Kapláň Michael King Rhema Obed
Oliver Nicholas
Gombak United Jung Hee-bong Christoper Anderson Obadin Aikhena Julien Durand None
Home United Kenji Arai Shotaro Ihata Franklin Anzite Frederic Mendy None
Hougang United Jordan Webb Stanislav Vidaković Ante Barać Mamadou M. Diallo None
Singapore Armed Forces Tatsuro Inui Shimpei Sakurada Mislav Karoglan Marin Vidošević Seiji Saito
Tampines Rovers Saša Dreven Benoit Croissant Gligor Gligorov Sead Hadžibulić Davor Piškor
Tanjong Pagar United Takaya Kawanabe Gilbert Bayonne Anthony Aymard Carlos Delgado Jang In-jun
Lee Joo-sang
Woodlands Wellington Moon Soon-Ho Hussein Akil Daniel Hammond Fabien Lewis None
Young Lions Sherif El-Masri Benjamin Lee Jonathan Toto Sirina Camara None
  • Albirex Niigata (S) and Harimau Muda are not allowed hire any foreigners.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tampines Rovers 24 16 4 4 49 24 +25 52 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
2 DPMM FC[lower-alpha 1] 24 15 3 6 49 27 +22 48
3 Albirex Niigata (S)[lower-alpha 1] 24 12 7 5 37 26 +11 43
4 Harimau Muda A[lower-alpha 1] 24 13 3 8 37 23 +14 42
5 Home United 24 11 7 6 43 29 +14 40
6 Balestier Khalsa 24 11 6 7 23 20 +3 39
7 Singapore Armed Forces 24 9 5 10 43 41 +2 32 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage[lower-alpha 2]
8 Hougang United 24 7 8 9 31 33 −2 29
9 Gombak United 24 7 8 9 23 29 −6 29
10 Young Lions[lower-alpha 1] 24 6 5 13 25 37 −12 23
11 Geylang United 24 5 6 13 28 50 −22 21
12 Tanjong Pagar United 24 5 5 14 17 41 −24 20
13 Woodlands Wellington 24 3 5 16 19 44 −25 14
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda A – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-23 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.
  2. Qualified as 2012 Singapore Cup winners.

Results
Home \ Away ALB BAL DPM GLI GOM HMA HOM HOU SAF TAM TPU WLW YLI
Albirex Niigata (S) 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–2
Balestier Khalsa 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
Brunei DPMM 2–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 5–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–0 1–0
Geylang United 0–0 3–1 1–3 3–2 0–2 1–7 1–2 3–0 1–5 0–0 1–1 2–0
Gombak United 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Harimau Muda 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–3 3–1 4–1 2–3 3–0 2–1 3–1
Home United 4–2 0–0 1–0 7–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 2–1 3–1 3–1
Hougang United 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2
Singapore Armed Forces 3–4 0–0 1–2 2–2 6–1 1–2 3–3 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 4–3
Tampines Rovers 3–4 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 2–1
Tanjong Pagar United 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 2–3 0–5
Woodlands Wellington 0–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–2 0–3 0–1 1–2
Young Lions 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2012. Source: Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Goalscorers
As of 25 October 2012.[4]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Frédéric Mendy Home United 20
2 Jozef Kapláň Geylang United 14
Mislav Karoglan Singapore Armed Forces 14
4 Shahrazen Said DPMM FC 13
5 Jordan Webb Hougang United 12
Yasuhiro Yamakoshi Albirex Niigata (S) 12
Aleksandar Đurić Tampines Rovers 12
8 Shotaro Ihata Home United 10
9 Fazrul Nawaz Singapore Armed Forces 9
Shimpei Sakurada Singapore Armed Forces 9
11 Sead Hadžibulić Tampines Rovers 8

Attendance figures
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 DPMM FC 25,190 8,672 4,680 n/a†
2 Balestier Khalsa 7,760 2,386 889 n/a†
3 Singapore Armed Forces 7,525 1,786 1,155 n/a†
4 Home United 6,856 1,354 774 n/a†
5 Albirex Niigata (S) 6,732 2,502 1,227 n/a†
6 Gombak United 5,223 1,494 816 n/a†
7 Harimau Muda 3,869 1,388 388 n/a†
8 Hougang United 3,611 1,243 410 n/a†
9 Tampines Rovers 2,923 1,228 485 n/a†
10 Woodlands Wellington 2,212 688 429 n/a†
11 Young Lions 2,202 668 464 n/a†
12 Geylang United 2,152 912 612 n/a†
13 Tanjong Pagar United 2,065 755 195 n/a†
League total n/a†

Source: S.League

S-League Awards Night Winners
Awards Winners
Player of the Year Aleksandar Đurić (Tampines Rovers)
Young Player of the Year Wan Zack Haikal ( Harimau Muda A)
Coach of the Year Vjeran Simunić ( DPMM FC)
Top Scorer Award Frédéric Mendy (Home United)
Fair Play Award Albirex Niigata (S)
Referee of the Year Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir

Notes and references
  1. "BeiS.league announces 2012 participating teams". S.League Online. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  2. "All's not well at Geylang". Today. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  3. "Tampines and Home ready to raise curtains". S.League Online. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  4. "Goalscorers – 2012 S. League". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
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